This paper views the formulation of national education policy from a systems perspective; the principal foci of the inquiry are the origination of ideas and their movement onto the agenda for action. (Author/JM)

A comparison of the Vietnam War to the American Revolution draws analogies between the military policies of the two conflicts. (KM)

Discusses different forms of energy sources and basic reasons for the opposition to the use of atomic energy. Suggests that research efforts should also be aimed toward the fission technology to make it acceptable besides major research studies conducted in the development of alternative energy sources. (CC)

A history of community involvement in the educational planning process reflects scrutiny of building projects, involvement in passage of bond issues and participation in the decision-making process. (KM)

Changes in classroom organization and pedagogic style in English primary education are underpinned by normative expectations which diverge from those prevalent in the "traditional" classroom; this is not explicit in the argument comparing American and English approaches. (Author/JM)

Evaluates two programs in the Johnsonian "war against poverty": one "macroeconomic," attempting to create an environment of greater job opportunities and higher employment; the other "microeconomic," investing in low-income workers to raise their relative earning power. (Author/JM)

Argues that virtually all welfare-policy change since 1961 has served not to perfect a mechanism that would simplify the system and minimize the costs of public charity but to recognize and relieve dependency; the lesson is that reform follows reality. (Author/JM)

Examines two goals of anti-poverty programs beyond reducing the number of people in income poverty and increasing public expenditures disproportionately benefiting the poor: that inequality of income should be substantially narrowed, and that benefits for the poor must meet their needs. (Author/JM)

Assesses the effectiveness of federal housing-related policies in the 1960's and early 1970's, discussing in detail the "trickle-down" process that dominates American urban development and the periods in which housing had first a low priority, and then a high priority. (JM)

Comments on the present status of black progress written by two members of Congress: the representative of the nineteenth congressional district, New York and chairman of the Black Caucus' Subcommittee on Welfare and Drug Abuse; and the representative of the fifth congressional district, Georgia, respectively. (JM)

Arguing that for a range of reasons educators have neglected to address organizational issues in the sustained manner in which we have addressed the behavioral issues, the author advocates that changes should be made in the institutional structure of society rather than in the minorities. (Author/JM)

Discusses the original and new methods of personnel recruitment and selection utilized by the Peace Corps, stressing the need for a body of rigorous experimental studies supporting scientific procedures in this area; and reports a study of Peace Corpsmen in the South Pacific. (JM)

The broad aim of the Commission in the field of education is to persuade the policy makers to take into account the changed nature of the population in schools and to ensure that teachers, college lecturers and teacher-training students understand the changes in the composition of our society. (Author/JM)

Articles purpose is to detail what long range planning is, how it should work, how it did work in the sample stations, and why it is important. (Author)

Provides a partial answer to the question of what the official reaction to collective bargaining and strikes by various groups of public employees should be, by scrutinizing strikes by public school teachers, and especially focusing on the grounds of each strike. (Author/JM)